Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-07-29

Agricultural wealth i- NOT very easy of
accumulation. and yet there are almost
everywhere some farmers who are gradual.
ly becoming rich Some are doing il hv one
process, and some hv another and each
probably considers that it is nobodv'- bust
mes, lust how his success is attained But
the how i- "a matter which affects the
public very considerably. and each man
owes 10 90 the public Co keep this fact In
sight There are farmers whose gathering
of wealth is a positive advantage to every
body near them. and there are those whose
individual gains are neighborhood losses
The Inter are those who work for money
for money sake who simply accumu
late because they never part with what
comes into their hands whose homes pos
sess none Of the comforts Of life whose
families live In state of mental starvation
and physical prvntion whose boys are
worked into prematurelv old men whose
wives and daughters know no social pleas
urcs intcrlarded with a drudgery of the
fruits of which they never have a taste
who never buy "a good nrticle-stock, ma
chincry. or anything else-because it costs
something ON whose premises not a stroke
of work Is done without the idea OF wiring
ing cash return out of it whose farms
are just as nearly run down as they can be
To squeeze anything out Of them whose
nelghhors never trade with them without
being skinned who-but this is wasted
for those fellows never take a paper If
You know of man of this kind, reader, YOU
know one whose wealth getting is as much
OF "a curse To the community as it is 10 him
self and family-and that Is saying IA good
deal Two or three such men in neigh
horhood can, 10y their example. do more.
and really do more, To retard progress
keep the people poor, and shut out oppor-
tunties of getting ahead, than can be est
mated
But there is another kind of farmer
bless his heart Whose wealth-getting is IA
gain to everybody around him. Though
economical and careful. he believes that
money was made TO be used, and uses it in
such "A way as to make his business a steady,
everyday success. He does not invest in
every clap-trap invention that comes along.
but when he finds what he needs for eco
nOmlcal production he loses no time in get
ting 1t. His farm is always in good order |
and is a standing advertisement to strang-
ers of the excellence Of the community III
which he lives He keeps good stock. be |
cause it pays to do So He trains his fami-
ly to habits of industry and thrift. and |
causes every member to be IA contributor to |
ms success-vet not Forgetting that all have /
bodies to be taken care of, minds TO be cul- |.
tivated and refreshed. and affections to be /.
recognized. In short he honors his calling, |
sheds a wholesome influence all around |
him, and assists everything agricultural /
with which he comes III contact
Neither of these classes of farmers are |
creations of the fancy. You have seen and /
we have seen both Between the two ex |
tremes the great masses of farmers are To |
be found. the greater part inclning how /
ever, as our observation goes to show, tow /
ard the better type The one kind impov- /
erishes, while the other enriches com |
muuity for upon hone money is gotten, a. |
much as upon the fact of its accumulation. |
depends Its effect upon others Stocitmun |